First Lightweighting Summit set for April 2019

In 2019 the German Economics Ministry is organizing Hannover Messe's inaugural summit on lightweight construction. The summit for political, industry, and R&D leaders, which will be held April 2, will look at lightweight design and construction as competitive factors. Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier will open the Lightweighting Summit and give the opening address.

"Lightweight means material and resource efficiency," commented Altmaier. "We want to promote lightweight construction as a key enabling technology and thus smooth the way for even broader industrial use of lightweight technologies. Our objective with the Lightweighting Summit at Hannover Messe is to facilitate this by advancing the necessary dialogue between government, industry, and research."

The inaugural summit, a three-hour event comprising keynote addresses and two panel discussions, is expected to attract about 300 participants.